Strange search problem

Started by ngnrd - PE , Nov 09 2011 05:53 PM

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#1 ngnrd - PE

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 05:53 PM

Yo Admin. I ran into an odd issue this morning and was wondering if it was intentional, or if it needs fixed.

I tried doing a search for "seal color" (wanting to know how many people use colors other than black) and I got the following error messages:

The following search terms are not allowed and were removed from your query: color

One or all of your search keywords were below 4 characters or you searched for words which are not allowed, such as 'html', 'img', etc, please increase the length of these search keywords or choose different keywords.

I think the second error message is due to "search[ing] for words which are not allowed", and not due to searching for a word "below 4 characters". So, the question is, is there a reason I can't search for the word "color"?

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#2 Exception Collection

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 06:09 PM

Yo Admin. I ran into an odd issue this morning and was wondering if it was intentional, or if it needs fixed.

I tried doing a search for "seal color" (wanting to know how many people use colors other than black) and I got the following error messages:

The following search terms are not allowed and were removed from your query: color

One or all of your search keywords were below 4 characters or you searched for words which are not allowed, such as 'html', 'img', etc, please increase the length of these search keywords or choose different keywords.

I think the second error message is due to "search[ing] for words which are not allowed", and not due to searching for a word "below 4 characters". So, the question is, is there a reason I can't search for the word "color"?

Not an admin, but I'd guess it's because "color" is part of the HTML for most webpages. It'd be like searching a book for the word "the".

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#3 ngnrd - PE

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 06:43 PM

I just searched a few other forums for "color" and didn't have any problems...

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#4 civilized_naah

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 07:23 PM

EB is an equal opportunity forum and does not allow searches by color, race or religion

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#5 Road Guy

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Posted 10 November 2011 - 02:15 PM

yeah thats weird, but if you put it in quotes "seal color" then it will search for the word

there is a new version of this board they just released to fix some of the bugs, but I just am not in the mood to re-upload all the skins and such so I am trying to give them time to fix ALL the bugs and maybe do one update in a few months..